Adyla Rafa Naura Ayu (born 18 June 2005) is an Indonesian actress and singer. Following her mother's career, Riafinola Ifani Sari, Naura became a child singer in 2014 with the release of her first studio album which won the award for Best Children's Album in the Anugerah Musik Indonesia 2015. Naura is the first Indonesian child singer to win the Triple Platinum award thanks to her fourth album, which has sold 500 thousand CDs.
To date, Naura is the only child singer who has won the most awards for Best Child Solo Artist from the Anugerah Musik Indonesia, three times in 2016, 2018, and 2019.
At the end of 2019, Naura ended her career as a child singer and rebranded herself as teenage singer marked by holding the which was the closing of the since 2015. In early 2021, Naura released the single "Kisah Kasih Sayang" which is her first single as a teenage singer.
Early life
Naura was born in Jakarta, Indonesia. She is the eldest of four children. Her father, Baldy Mulya Putra is a businessman and her mother, Riafinola Ifani Sari is a singer. Naura is of Palembang and Batak descent through her father; also Javanese and Minangkabau through her mother. Naura has 3 younger siblings, namely Adyano Rafi Bevan Putra, Anodya Shula Neona Ayu—who also works as a singer and Aladya Odetta Nakeya Ayu.
Naura got singing talent from her mother. She has shown interest in music since she was 3 years old, at which time Naura prefers to watch musical cartoon videos than other cartoon videos. However, her mother, Nola, did not want to take Naura's interest seriously because Nola consider children of Naura's age usually get tired and bored easily.
When she was 5 years old, Naura had asked to sing but was not allowed by her mother because she thought she was too young. But the desire remained until two years later. For two years, Naura studied singing at home and studied the genre of music she liked. Naura admits that she likes classical musicals, such as Sound of Music, and songs from older singers, such as Frank Sinatra, Queen and Michael Jackson. In addition, she also listens to modern singers, such as Beyonce and Ariana Grande, as well as Ardhito Pramono, Raisa and her teammate Lala Karmela from Indonesia. Naura was only allowed to become a singer when she was 7 years old because her mother wanted to ensure that Naura was determined and consistently pursued her singing talent.
Career
2014–2015: Dongeng and Konser Dongeng Musikal
Following her mother's career in the music industry, Naura started her career as a child singer at the age of 8 by releasing her first studio album entitled Dongeng through the Catz Records record company. The Dongeng album launched on 2 June 2014, at Galeri Indonesia Kaya, Grand Indonesia, Jakarta Pusat. At that time, Naura was present in the midst of the absence of children's music where the Indonesian music industry was battered with love songs.
Dongeng succeeded in bringing Naura to her first award in the music industry as the Best Children's Album from the Anugerah Musik Indonesia 2015.
In 2015, Naura held a musical themed concert titled Konser Dongeng which was inspired by his debut album, Dongeng with the theme of the story being carried out is about himself, life, ideas, nature, thoughts, environment, school, family and her dream.
2016: Langit yang Sama
After joining the Trinity Optima Production record company, on 9 March 2016, he released his second studio album, entitled Langit yang Sama. Album ini bertemakan keseharian yang bermuatan edukasi dengan sarat pesan moral pada setiap lagunya. This album is themed daily with educational content with moral messages in each song. In the process, all the songs were composed by Mhala & Tantra Numata with the concept of arrangement for all the songs on the album Langit yang Sama done in an orchestra with a musical approach so that it is easy for children to digest.
Langit yang Sama managed to bring Naura to win the Best Children's Album award from Anugerah Musik Indonesia 2016 for the second time and won the Best Solo Female Child Singer award in the same event through the Untuk Tuhan song which is the first single from the Langit yang Sama album.
2017: Naura & Genk Juara
In 2017, Naura made his acting debut by starring in the Naura & Genk Juara musical film. In this film, Naura was given the opportunity to play the main role as Naura herself, leader of Juara gang.